p : ; ' ''-" J! Weaihcr Report ,;;.., V..,, ., OregonT Tonight and Friday fair; gentle variable winds. y, A 5250 CIRCULATION V5 000 EBADEP3 DAILY) Only Circulation re Salem Guar anteed by the Audit Bureau, of Circulations.' FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY NEWS SEE VICE r FORTY- SECOND YEAR NO. 245.-EIGHT PAGES. SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1919. rrTnT7 mrrrrv rmvTmo ON TRAIN8 AKTS Ann gi .tiii SENATE IB SEWISK c,wi - pi b-3 3 Hale Would Speed Action MlLHIIHOIlL pa mm iia am m bm s 'Poaro Part wvc PonnU The disagreement came over a rcso I CatC I atl, JdVo I CUjJlt S ition which the committee began to Tired Of Debates. KELLOGG URGES HANDS OFF SHANTUNG POLICY ote On Amendment Is Held Probable Before Adjourn ment This Evening. Washington, Oct. 16. (United Press.) The senate today defeated the Shan tung amendment to the peace t?eaty. The vote was 55 noes to 35 yeas. Washington, Oct. 16. (United Press.) r Demand that the senate hold night sessions to speed uo action on the peace treaty was niado by Senator Hale, Maine, republican, in a speech today. - "The country wants acton and wants it now," ho declared. "I think that everybody in the sen ate and in the country is dick and tired of the whole debate. All of us know exactly how we are going to vote. If we really want to dispose of this treaty the way to do it is to hold night ses sions and force the matter to a conclus ion." Hale expressed warm disapproval both of tho Shantung provision and the -voting arrangement 'in the league of na tions, but declared he will oppose the Shantung and the Johnson amendments. Ho will support reservations covering fiiem. '.' ' Senator Kellogg, Minnesota, speaking against the Shantung amendment, held that our "hands off policy In-filma-tung for twenty years during Germany's possession of it should be continued. He favored reservations withholding Amer ica's approval of Japan's course. "We cannot assume the full burden of Per Eastern adjustments," he said. "I regret that so many hard things have been said of Japan at a time when we are seeking to composo the affairs of the world," said Senator Townsend, Michigan, The treaty is tho best that can be expected at prosent, he concluded and it will not bear such drastic changes as tho Shnntung amendment. Town send would be satisfied with reserva tions but unless they clearly state America's position on the Shantung transfer he will vote against the treaty. , Sonator Smoot, T.Ttnh, republican, de- flared that "under no condHion" will Be vote for the treaty without rcsei-va- tions. He announced he will vote for a reservation covering the Shantung amendment but that he will vote against the amendment itself. Senator Jones, Washington, announ ced he will vote for the Shantung amendment, and that if it was defeatev he will vote for the strongest possible reservations. At 2:30 p. m. the Shantung amend ment had been directly under consider ation by the senate over 12 hours and Wfcnore than a score of senators had spok en. A vote was expected at any time by senate leaders on both sides. Senator Johnson, California, denoun ced the Shantung provision of the trea ty as "abominable and detestable." WILL OBSERVE N Mr, and Mrs. John Carr, 80 and 83 years old, Respectively, hale, hearty and hanny, will celebrate their 64th wedding anniversary this evening at tho Baptist church, where the annual reunion and rally is taking place. Mr. and Mrs. Carr were married at Eliza ville, Indiana. She was 16 and her gallant husband was granted the license at the age of 19. Four children, Mrs. W. W. Cory, 865 South Seventeenth street; Finley, Hud son and Arthur, of Lebanon, Indiana; 13 grand. children and 11 great grand children, five of whom are-now dead, once survived Mr. and Mrs. Carr. Until six years ago, Mr. and Mrs. Carr made their home in Indiana. Then they came to Salem and have resided here since. . Despite their years Mr. and Mrs. Carr both arc active. They worked a month at a local canning factory this season, and Mr. Carr tended several lots he had planted in garden. Both walk about the i-ity without assistance, Mr. Carr fre quently strolling down town. And thev look forward to many more years of happy married life. Mrs. Carr, blandly smiling, said Thuis day. "We're going to celebrate our 70th wedding anniversary, too, I'm sure. Both John and I think so." Mill WEDDING IVERSARY Central Committee Fails To Agree Upon Recognition Of Collective Bargaining naemngton, uct. 18.- -The central to asroe On ommittee of 15 failed ecognizine the Drincmle of collective argainin;?, Committee Chairman lhadbourne announced to the national iidustrial conference when it convened bis afternoon.' consider yesterday. The conimitteo was in session until nearly midnight and again this morning. A final voto was taken just before the conference assem bled for the afternoon session. Chadbourne announced that the vote of the employer' delegates in the com mittee defeated a favorable report on a resolution recognizing the right of workers to organize and bargain col lootively through representatives of their own choosing. The proposition, however, under the rules jame before the conference for debate and a vote. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., - expressed a hope that the conference groups might "stand together as unselfishly as they did in settling the problems of the war." " Labor, capital, management and the public, he said accomplished great re sults during the war by co-operation, ''It is clear," he said, 'tha(; the Keen Too "Keen" Cop Thinks; Now Keen Is "Keener" A man giving the name of Keen, about 30 years old, five and a half feet tall smooth shaven and weighing probably 175 pounds, Thursday lucked the flavor nncnt the art of 'vamp ing women. . For several hours Wednesday evening, before the moist fog grew to such den sity that it hampereft his oper ations, Keen stood at the cor ner of the Oregon Electric de pot and favored passing damsels with tantalising' glances. Ho evidently: thought himself ''cute" as Officer Ganiard, who frustrated, his plans said. After considerable tpjestjoff ing during, which the fellow said that- -he . was going to ''clean it up," Officer Ganiard ordered him off the streets, and , warned him that Salem sports an ordinance prohibiting mash- ing. HOUSE VOTES TO HOLD Washington, Oct. 16. (United Press.) -With government reports showing ruuicois aro S""'S "' disorders in all parts of the country, tne nouse toaay voted overwncimmgiy ho wa9 a ln(,muer of the Christian to continue for one year after conclusion Seicuco .church. : of peace to the war timo ban against; na was born at putzfield, Pike the entrance into the United States of county, Illinois, and crossed the plains undesirable foreigners. - iu 1H47 with his parents. They settled At the request of Secretary of State on a farm near Jefferson. After his Lansing, a bill was passod continuing arrival jn Oregon he became identified war time passports restrictions, under .with mercantile business in Scio, Leb which aliens are required to submit their anon, before coming fo this citv. complete records and undergo a thor- ough investigation by American consuls before they are allowed to leave their native countries for the United States. The foreigners nmst prove beyond all doubt that , they are coming to the Uni ted States for legitimate purposes. Permits For Two Homes In ri I i J T J MUCH! Are ISSUeU iOflay Progress toward the solution of the housing problem in Salem was shown inuiauut, nun mc januauut; ui uuuuiu permits to two eitizeus for n&w homes. Thursday, with the issuance of building Andrew Vercler, 73o .North Comnier- cial street, got a permit to build a two- j story frame dwelling, which will cost approximately $7u0. M. E. Moore. 1441 North Fifth street, 7 . " Z " : .. ..rc-.ra Bungalow, mis nouse win cost approxi- mntelv 2"00. Leg Irons? Never! Says Sleuth o o o o o o o o o Handcuffs? Easy for Yegg The next time Peter J. Cook, Cleve land, Ohio city detective, journeys forth upon a mission which requites thc return of a prisoner he will no doubt have a more profound respect for ''leg Irons' and such other paraphernalia as as regarded by some as essential to the tii i jiition of a man in custody than lie did when he came to Oregon some thr'i weei s ago. 1 The occasion of Mock's visit to Ore gon at that time was the return to Cleveland one Jack.Bochra wanted in the Ohio metropolis for various and ; sundry crimes. Boehm 's term in the ! rowed the detective's keys long cnougu Oregon state prison having expired. to release himself from the detaining While here. Mock boasted of his 2v ; handcuffs, then dressed in thc detec years of experience as a detective with- j tive.s ciothes and departed taking with out having lost a prisoner and with!.. r , , , . r j .u- " him the detective s jewelry and ready never having used anything more for- J ' midable than a pair of handcuffs. ' csa- And according to latest reports According to press clippings just re- Boehm hasn't been seen -since. common good cannot be advanced by the attempt of one party to force its will upon the other." Rockefeller made a strong plea be fore the conference to further the ''es tablishment of democracy in indus try." Justice and fairness only, not legis lation, will solve industrial problems Rockefeller emphasized. ' ' Workers and employers now are too often strangers," he declared. He called for the establisshment of friend ly relations between labor and capital. Rockefeller quoted an unnamed in vestigator who surveyed the national industrial field and who concluded tho workers aro domanding not Mgher wage" Dut recognition as Human beings. 'We have boen called together to consider the industrial problems " Bockef oiler said. ' Onlv as each of us discbres his duties as a member of this conference in the same high spirit of patriotism, of unselfish allegiance to right and justice, of devotion to tho principles of democracy and brother hood with which we approached the problems of war, can we hope -for suc cess in the solution of the industrial problems, which is no less vital to the life of tho nation." G. W. JOHNSON IS LOCAL MERCHANT George Washington Johnson, pio neer clothing man of this city, died at the rDanconoss hospital late Thursday afternoon,, iaffter n 5Uness of four years, at the ago of 75 years. He has boen at the point of death for sevoral days, ibut about noon began to rapidly sink, and the and came several hours later. iFuneral arrangements have not yet ibeen made. .'.,- . Mr. Johnson an to this city 37 years ago, and established the first clothing stare in the city at the corner of State ud Liberty streots, now oc cupied hy IBusick 's grocery store. J. H. Luun, -who died several years ago. was associated with him in this venture. He was actively connected with the establishment until nine ' years ago when he sold out to his two sous, Paul V. and .Clyde E. Johnson, who have conducted tho business since. During the 1911-13 session of the state legislature, ifr. Johnson served as representative from Marion county. Death was caused by a stroke of pa ralysis which came on him last Fii- I day. He has been confined at the Deaconess hospital for the past three months. r Tnlinonn am a an nniivn matmlinr of the Masons, of Jefferson, and the Workmen 'and Woodmen of the World.. Knlisting in 18H3 Mr. Johnson serv- ed until tho close f the civil war with I xesiUent Lincoln ' legions, In 1S0 he married Mary P. Jones at Jefferson. They had six children, three of which ' survive. They arc George W. Johnson, Jr., Clyde E. Johnson and iPaul V. Johnson, a Sa enl councilman. Two brothers, S. T. (Johnson, agent for the Southern Pa cir'c at Woodburn, and J. C Johnson, retired merchant of, Corvallis, and 0,16 .hteI: Ml'- J- w- Ha,rit Stt,cm' Survive him. The body is at Rigdou's undertak- . . Pftr 01 " ALT NAMES TITTONI . R 0ct i5i(Dclnycd)-Foreigii Mi;n. t;; i ,.i aued' today, was' appointed as Italy's representative on the council of the 6agUe 0j nations ceived by state prison officials here Mock's record is now broken, for ho returned to Cleveland minus . his pris oner, minus his clothes and minus his jewelry and cash. According to the press reports, Mock, together with a deputy by thc name of Walker and the'prisoner, Boehm were occupying a stateroom on a Union Pa cific train eastward bound. Speeding through Wyoming at night Mock and Walker occupied the lower l-crth with tho prisoner in the upper berth hand- cuffed. During the night Boehm bor DEAD PIGNER RADICALS SEEK 1ATI0N0F sunwis Agitators Working To Gain UntroIUMnonsancsOf Men Now Idle. . INDUSTRIAL' REVOLT IS HOPE OF DISTURBERS Red Propaganda Responsible ror Many unauthorized Walkouts Lately.; By HughBsUUe (United Press Staff CdWspondent.) Washington, Oct. 16.- Radical agita,' tors are working to gain control of thon sands of men on strike in America to- day, aud thousands more;who are threat- DDI ening to strike according to information ' . Not mnnv of yu people realize the received by the government from confi.17;';""" dential emirces. .? '" '; I The purpose of these radicals U said to be to lead the strikers in an indus- trial revolt that would-border on e, po- Uhcal revolt. ; ! . . Their propaganda is held responsrow I for mhny of the. uiiauthorized strikes. . I'll J-UVIl Limn A A COIUCU, KIIDUU 'O A4, that his confidential adviser. Colonel House is ill, and that Samuel Gorapcrg, prosidont of the American Federation of Labor and foe of cxtreiHo radicalism, is in yery poor health and jliablo to suffer a breakdown, makes thd stiuation even more difficult for the 'government to handle. .1 Tho national : industijial conference now in Festion in Washington was look ed upon by many officials as a dam against the flood- of industrial difficul ties. '""Fvcn now that-tSo' tonference ap pears to bt having some difficulty In making progress, great dependence is being placed in it. Administration of- t'ioilllu ivr Of4 'friof 0 f f at- nnn .Tr, .Knu and when it looks as if there were a now under e Including all. post deadlock, the delegates realizing the vi-roads and forest projects, just prepared tal importance of bringing forth some-, by A. C. Klein, secretary of tho hichvay thing constructive, will got together at commission, shows a total of . AC9.95 tho finish and produce a remedy. miles of paving, 234.8 miles of macadam ftlany strikes are being held up wait- and 686.1 miles of grading, tho total cost ing for the conference to do something. 1 of which, including contingencies and Its collapse, therefore, might result in engineering, is $19,824,396.25. a very grave situation,, in' the belief of The summary as tabulated by the many delegates. highway department shows that the Pa- The labor tangle has been placed cific highway tops tho list with VH squarely before President Wilson's cab- miles of paving, 45.7 miles of macadam inct. This vjaB done at the last meet- and 103.7 miles of grading under con ing, it was learned at the White House, tract a a cost of $4,450,120.75. ' Tho cabinet officers are going over itj Othe oroiccts, of which there are u this wool:. It is likely to be the prin- tfltal of ??. in he summary, are listed as cipal matter before the cabinet at its follows: meeting next Tuesday. j Columbia Hiver highway 105.8" Unauthorized strikes are viewed by miles Oiv:ng, 69.5 miles macadam and labor olt.cials, cabinet members and congressmen alike as a bad symptom. Kail Director Hincs has warned B. M. Jewell, acting president of the railway employes department, American Federa tion of .Labor, that they were "creat ing the basis for an argument that it is nonsense to' recognize labor organiza tions and to try to deal with them." W. d. Lee, of thc Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, sees in these strikes an indication that the radicals are breaking the grip of tho conservative American Federation of Labor on its own locals. Within the two days Lee said he ftlt as if he were "sitting over a volcano " in his own organization. ALBERT AND PARTY PICNIC UNDER BIG CALIFORNIA TREES By Don E. Chamberlain (United Press staff correspondent) Yosentite Valley, Cal., Oct. 16. King Albert and party will picnic this after noon in the- Mariposa big tree grove, winding up the royal party's two days outing in the California playground. ' The king this morning had eoffee brewed by Ranger James Lloyd, an experienced forester. On tasting Lloyds product, King Albert said: "This coffee is excellent; I want to meet the maker." Lloyd was introduced. "It's just the same as I make every day, Your Majesty," he replied to King ' Albert ' praise. "I ain glad, however, that I can make eoffee 'fit for a king,' although there are rangers in these-forests that make coffee lotsJ better than mine." The royal party will possibly visit Pasadena tomorrow at 1 o'clock, de pending on the time it leaves Los An geles. A stopover will be made at Gal lop, X. M., where tho king will view an Indian cowboy show. Thc party will reach Al'bcrqucrquc at 2::33 p. m. Sunday. ' Queen Elizabeth was indisposed last night, retiring at 5 o'clock. She was feeling better this morning but did not leave Glacier Point with the king. The queen and consort followed the main party an hour later. Marion Idea Shows Way For State Unify Ouayle Tells Federated Clubs Declaring that Marion county led the way for the complete unity of the state, and promising that the. State Chamber of Commnice would do all in its power to urge affiliation of all clubs in tho various countios, George Quayle, gener al secretary of the State Chamber of Commerce, speaking at the meeting oi the Marion County Federation of Clubs in Woodbmn last night, expressed much faith in the work the -organization is carrying on. The meeting, attended by delegates from all parts of the county, was con spicuously- enthusiastic? Several dele gates gave brief talks, telling of tho work of their respective clubs toward tho general development and betterment of tho county. Partisan lines wcro smashed. There was no feeling at the meeting of individual superiority, each community';! spirit united in one big move fo Marion county. Walter Denton, a visitor from Salem, gave a forceful talk on the federation's insignia--keep your money in the circle. He urged the patronage of the town merchant and newspapers and pointed out the benefits the county would reap Dy Keeping its money within its boun daries. . I Secretary Quaylo, attending the .mect ing without notice, unannounced, aroso and lauded the work and principals of the organization. Marion floi'mtv KUhMm' a MM.. . lPnfljn ,, - ), nmi. : ., , t .1,1,11 .nmmo all coutiea follow vour snlenrtUl . 11 .. . j. ment to wure ba9ic Kns for all thc CONTRACTS fOR OVER 380 MILES A summary of state highway work 159.2 miles grading, $4,404,131.71. West Side Pacific highway 11.8 miles naving, 14.6 miles macadam :i:d 46.7 mill"! .irsding, $1,383,118.30. Salem-IV.as highway 13. miles of paving r.n:'. grading, $320,742.50. 'I-. rnhi" Ncstaucca highway I', miles paring, miles macadam anu 17.1 miles rrad;ng, $426,082.11. John Day highway 20.1 miles ma- 'eadam. 67.9 miles cradinB. 8fi4.155.i:l. La Grande-Enterprise highway- n.o miles grad4ng, $12,370. I Portland - Forest Grove - McMinnvilie highway 31.4 miles paving, 6.7 rriles ' maendnm 18 miles crrndinir. 817.502..'io. grnl Ashland-Klamath Falls highway 19 miles g-nding, $177,957.50. Coos Bay-Boscburg , highway 14.2 miles ceding, $350,092.72, l.nPinc L&keview highway 12.9 miles macadam and grading, $141,649.20. Oregon-Washington highway27 mile paving, 35 miles grading, $682,569.7 ). , Old Oregon Trail highway 6 miles paving. 13.6 miles macadam and 42.5 miles grading, $475,866.97. Baker-Cornucopia highway 12.6 mile macadam, 27.1 miles grading, $213, 211.73. McKcnz'u: Biver highway 19.8 miles grading, 268,1 36.44. Crater Ltke highway 22 miles grad ing, $218,900. Flora-Ertcrprise highway 13 miles grading, $73,560. Coast highway 19 miles paving, 8.8 miles grading, $601,054. Mount Hood Loon highway 12.2 miles grading. $227,507.60. Grants Pass-Crescent City highway 2.3 milf grading, $62,985.3.5. Central Oregon highway 16.7" miles macad: nnd grading. $197,967. Dallei-Onlifornia highway 2 miles paving, 3.3 miles macadam, 5.3 miles grading, 80,888.70. Portland Police Confiscate 2,000 Gallons of Liquors Portland Or. Oct. 16. Kalvio nnd Frederico Pienovi and I-araeotto Vin cenjo, prominent Portland Italians, arc in jail following a raid by the pidic.e on their alleged liquor storehouse. The police reiiort confiscation of 1400 gal lon of wine, 600 gallons of grape mash and eleven quarts of moonshine wins key. principnl road crossings in the county was adopted The county was divided in tentative districts, with the commun ities represented in the federation as central points. Thc committee in charge of this work made a report of their ac tivity to date, and was instructed to con tinue and complete the work. The signs probably will be ready and placed this winter, providing th- county, court co operates .with the federation and locali ties. Decision to expedite the work of com piling duta and complete the booklet that will advertise, all sections of Mar ion county alike,' was reached. This booklet will be finished as soon as pos sible and copies furnished to each com munity. Delegates to the meeting last night, with the districts they represent, follow: Hubbard, L. C. McShnne and L. M. Scholl; Mt. Angel, J. J. Kebor, Dr. Ap pleby and' S. O.' Bice j Silverton, T. T. Eistingor, L.: J. Adams, George Hubbs aud S. N. Digcrnoss West Stayton, Mayor -McKinley aud Casper Lathrop; Gervais, T. W, Laird, G. J. Moison and A. DeJardin; Jefforson, George Grif fith; Monitor, A. W. Gillis, C. W. Co nyno; Donald, C. J. Espy and James P. Fellor; Salem, L. J. Chapin, W. C. iFrankKn; Walter Denton, George Put nam, T. E. McCroskey and Oscar A. Stoolhatnmer; Woodburn, John Stecl hnnimec, -W, H. - Broyles and Hurley Moore. -! 1 '"' ; Amon3 the visitors from Portland wttre Secretary Quayle and wife, and Miss Bartlett, who came with the Quaylo party, and H. L. Davis, of the Portland Journal. . , The next meeting of the federation will bo lfeld in Salem, November 17. Wilson, House and Gompers Are All Better . Last reports from tho sick rooms ' of tho three American lenders who have succumbed to the terrific strain of the last few months were as follows: " Woodrow Wilson The presi dent's genorol condition was un officially said to bo unchanged. The awollon gland which trou ; bled him recently has been re duced. Samtiel Gompers At Gom pers' home it was stated he rest ; ed during the night." He wa anxious to gel up, as ho said ho felt much bettor. Colonel House Phyiicians re ported ; House "doing very well."., ' t, V BATTLE CONTINUES INTENSE FOR HOLD IS T Mitau, Russia, Oct. 15. (Dolayed.) As tho Initio in the Riga district con tinues with inttmse fighting, the battle line is extending. Colonel Bcrmondt's German troops widened thoir fighting zone Tuesday when they captured Ust Dvinsk nnd Boldern, according to ad vices received here. Lettish troops are holding their po sitions on thc other side of the Dwinn river, north, of Riga, which they suc ceeded i l crossing after persistent fight ing. Tht) Germans are not answering tho cannonading, although tho Letts, continui' heavy bombardment of the German positions. The Germans repul sed a Lettish attack with armored cars. Ksthoi'ian forces have gone to thc aid of the Letts and aro reported to be con centrating at Friederichstadt, forty miles southeast of Riga. Their arrival endangers the German flank from tho east. General Von Dcr Golts is reported to have left tho Baltic region for Konigs bcrg, East Prussia. Colonel Edward E. Ryan, Scrantou, Pa., American Red Cross commissioner for western Russia, has not yet returned from Rice, but it is believed ho is safe. I Colonel ttyan went to Riga to arrange ifor the movement of relief supplies, held up by the Germans. Handcuffs Removed From Sinn Fein Prisoners Today Dublin,. Oct. 16. (Unitud Press) Through the intervention of the lord mayor, the handcuffs were removed to day from the Sinn Fein prisoners1 at Mount Joy, who have been manacled for the last ton days as punishment for wrecking the jail In a recent dem onstration, . Jn his protest to Sir Ian MacPher , chief secretary for Ireland, the tord mayor declared that several of the prisoners were nearly dead as a re sult of their punishment. Carl Madson, a farmer living near Kurrnne. MtiMftiincd A (broken lcgr and . other injuries when an ensilago cutter flew to pieces. SHAFT DELAYS FLYING PASTOR Accident Forces Lieutenant Maynard To Land Today; Near Wahoo, Neb. PILOT SAYS HE'S NOT YET OUT OF RACE; FIXING U? Western Flyers Held Back By Unfavorable Weather On Eastern Fields. OmahR,' Neb., , Oct. 1 6.1Lientenirat B. W, Maynard was forced down by a broken crank shaft four miles north of Wahoo, Neb., about noon according t reports received here today. Maynard was not hurt. Omaha fieli sent army trucks to his aid. , "I'm not out of the race yet," lieu tenant Maynard declared over the tel ephone to Captain Roy Francis, who was himself compelled to withdraw from the race' when his big Martin bomber was damaged near Yutan, Neb. yesterday.' .. , 1 "Wahoo is 30 miles west of Omaha. It is the next station to Yutan and. Lieutenant Maynard has wired Wash ington for permission to transfer the motor from the Martin machine to hi own, so that ne can continue in ma race. Ho expects to receive an answer late this afternoon,' ' 1 By Lieutenant B. W. Maynard (Written for the United Press) Rawlins, Wyo., Oct. 15. This life oa the aerial wavo is great. Wo have had as fine a trijV so far as any ship that ever sailed ever laud or" sea," ' , The jaunt from reen Rive te 'Raw lins was but a little jump over smooth prairios. We felt as safe over them a we would if we were down n tho ground. ' :. ' - Looking back over tho eastward trip tho hop over the Sierras has been the only part to make us apprehensive nnd it wag a distinct relief to land on the field at Balduro, Utah. The mountain flying, however, furnished us with beautiful scenery, except the loat lap from Bottle Mountain, Nov., to Balduro which was eevcrcd with fog. Tho smoky region over Salt Lake city was annoying. iBut we have no complaint to make of conditions oa our tour. It .beats land touring any time. . I am getting more and more enthusi astic for the one stop flight fr6m New York to California, which wo plan to make In the old Do Haviland. Judging . from tho way we are jumping ftlong now, we could inoko it from New Yotk to Dallas and then to San Diego in a two dav flight. Wo will reach New York as the flight is going, with but 4 honrn in the air. And lM-rievo me, I can hardly wait to get there and join my wife aud kiddies. Tell them thut for me. Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 1 At noon today, Major Hpntzi westbound, wan atiM at Britten field. It has been raining n great part, of the forenoon tr.nd tho air is heavy. It is doubtful if flying will no resumed today. ' VICTIMS OF BAD According to unofficial rport nine bad checks were passed on Salem mer chants Wednesday. Police have infor mation of two, 'both for large amounts. Tho checks were all on the Hansea Planing Mill, and with the forged sig nature of A. M. Hansen, president of tho mill, on them. 'Police say that two men, claiming to be agents for a check stamping ma chine, called at the Hansen mill Wed nesday. They secured the company's checks without trouble, white display ing the mechanism of the machine, stamped in the amounts, and later fill ed in the names. Police were first -tified through banks, where the eheeke had been taken bv the merchants. A description of the two men were given to police, and a systematic search is being conducted for them. One of the men who forged the checks went to tho Ed iBlcming cigar store, 43 State street, Thursday and attempted to cash it. The clerk en du ty declined, saving that he would have to await the arrival of Mr. Blessing. ppai-fiitly fearing detection, the fol low departed, leaving the check lying on the counter. It was made out for $31.80, the same amount of the check (cashed by one of the girls at The Spa cdnesuay. CHECK MISTS